The Joffre Line E AFR (id:#65393)
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Designer: Mike Augustine
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Balance:
BritishVichy French
71.428571428571%

Overview:

The British 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment and 455 Light Battery (with seventeen squads, 94mm guns, carriers and Valentine/Tetrarch tanks) are attacking in three groups to seize control of buildings from the Vichy French 1st Battalion (Senegalese) and 2 nd Battalion (Malagache), 2nd Regiment, Fortress Diego Suarez’s eleven squads and four 75mm artillery pieces that are defending from trenches and a pillbox on boards x, 69 and 78. Can they hold out long enough for their World War I vintage FT17 tanks to save the day?
Attacker: British (1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion East and 2nd Battalion, South, Lancashire Regiments and 455 Light Battery with Special Service Squadron, Royal Armoured Corps)
Defender: Vichy French (1st Battalion (Senegalese), and 2nd Battalion (Malagache), 2nd Regiment, Fortress Diego Suarez)  
5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:17.0 D:17.0
AFVs: A:7
Valentine II x 2
Tetrarch x 2
Carrier A x 2
Carrier B

AFVs: D:4
FT-17 75BS
FT-17C x 2
FT-17M

Guns: A:2
OQF 3.7-in. Howitzer x 2
OML 2-in. Mortar x 3
Boys ATR x 3
D:4
Canon de 75 mle 1897 x 4
Mortier de 60 mle 35

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules:
Overlays: NONE
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Scenario info

Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2022-11-07(A) Andy Bagley vs Gordon Jupp Vichy French winInteresting scenario, unusual in that there are three boards with action happening almost everywhere. In the North, a small group of elite Brits has to defend a small cluster of buildings from a larger force of green Vichy French supported by FT-17 tanks. This they did successfully for me, inflicting heavy losses and holding the buildings. Meanwhile, a larger action takes place further south, with British 1st line troops attacking a fortified Vichy position in a small village, both side having artillery. Here I started well enough with a barrage of smoke, but then faltered when the smoke ran out and I found myself having to cross fairly open ground against well-positioned artillery and firelanes. My two supporting Valentine tanks were both knocked out and heavy losses left me with insufficient forces to make progress.
VCs require the Brits to take seven buildings; two are already held in the north, two more are open for the British to take on Turn 1, so my plan was simply to take the remaining three in the main village. This was probably a mistake. I might have done better to go after two other VC buildings much further away, using carriers and the Tetrach light tanks, which would have left me just needing one from the main village. Anyway, a good scenario with plenty of choices and lots to do for both sides.
2021-12-07(D) Ian Morris vs Martin Mayers British winAn enjoyable game, marred by poor play from me. Good win for Martin, who made no mistakes.
2021-07-19(D) Ian Morris vs Derek Cox British winVery enjoyable scenario, infantry of both sides charging in every direction and the outcome in doubt until the final player turn. Recommended.
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Hutch Modified the Unit Elements2024-11-16 23:52:34
Hutch Modified the unit counts2024-11-16 23:50:27
Hutch Modified the Attacker's Guns2024-11-16 23:50:27
Hutch Modified the unit counts2024-11-16 23:50:03
Hutch Modified the Attacker's Guns2024-11-16 23:50:03
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Avg Rating: 7.33Votes: 3
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To-Play list count: 2
Estimated Play time: 6.7 hours
Recorded Games: 3
Archive recorded plays:
British2
Vichy French1
Drawn:0

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The Joffre Line
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[A] Vichy 3
[D] British 1
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